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THE VALUE OF AGcURACY.-The recent
publication of the life of Charles Reade,
the celebrated English novelist, has
brought to light some interesting reminis-
cences of the man and his methods Of work.
His habit of collecting a vast number of
newspaper scraps concerning odd people,
places and happenings, is we'll known, but
it will probably be new to most readers to
learn that this custom was adhered to in
obedience to a resolution formed as early
as 1853. In writing of his intention to
become a novelist, he says: 81 propose
never to guess where I can know"
He adds that this plan twill, I see, cost
me undeniable trouble" but the immense
mass of reference material he left at his
death proves how steadfast he was in adj
herring to his determination.
A like resolve to know, rather than to
guess, would be of immense help to US all,
whether novelists, business men or school
boys. Contingencies are arising every day
in which he who can positively testify to a
fact, possesses an immense superiority owe
another who only "thinks it So"
For instance, make free use of the die
tionary for words concerning whose mean
ing you have merely an ill-deined idea.
The correct manner of their pronunciation
should also be inquired into, for it often
happens that young people make use of
terms gathered from their reading, with
the significance of which they are perfect
ly familiar, but which they have never
heard correctly pronounced.-GoldsborO
Ar0uS.
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1887. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1887.
Yorkvilh Livery and Feed Stables

4 RE still on a boom, and the year 1887 fnds
n me with some of the finest Vehicles ever
shown in the Livery business in Yorkvilie, and
surpassed by none. Everything will be kept
in the best style. Give me a trial and be con-
vinced.
Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies
Of every description will be kept. Spring
Wagons, Phatons, &C., of the best make, al
ways on hand.
FOR FUNERALS
I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence
Coach, which will be sent to any part OF the
county at short notice. Terms reasonable.
A Big Bargain.
I have a Jumpseat Phaton and some Bug
gies on hand that I will give a big bargain in,
if sold soon to make room for my new stock.
HAVE YOUR HORSES FED
At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables
where they will receive the best attention:
F. E. SMITH.
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'How is the work progressing in Dako-
ia ?s asked a Boston minister of a good
brother who lives in Dakota, at the Bap-
list anniversary the other day.
"Well, I am getting along pretty well,
but still it's rather discouraging," replied
the Dakota man with an air of d~esponden-
cy. !.
"Isn't there any religious interest out
there? Can't you awaken it? Or won't
they come to church? ?"
.No, it isn't that. The first week 1
went there I had big congregations. One
day there were $50 down on their knees
weeping and praying. A man came in
and said there were two detectives coming
down the road and every blessed person
got up and skip~ped."-Minneapoh Jour-
o0J ~ ~ |H"Sf
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CAR SERVICE.
NORTH BOUN

On Trains Nos. 50 and SO, Pullman Buffet Sleepers between
Washington and Augusta, via Danvile.
On Trains Nos. so and 81, Pullman Sleepers between Savan
nah and Hot Springs, N. G., via Columbia and spartnnburg.
Tickets on sale at Principal Stations 10 all Points.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, D. CALDWELL, SOL HhSS,
Genl Pass. Agent. Asst Genl Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager.
Columbia, 8. Z.
June IS #
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THE PRESIDENT TELLS A STORY
This is the way the President summed up
the recent Kentucky Democratic conven-
ton in conversation with a Democratic
Senator q short time ago. The Senator,
possibly, had not seen the President since
that much talked about convention, and
in the course of a general political discus
sion he remarked:
SPY the way, Mr.. President, I never
knew exactly what to make of the Ken
lucky convention. At first it seemed to
be against you, but finally very much in
your favor. How do I understand it?"
"Simplest thing in the world, replied
the President. 'I'll illustrate it by tell
ing you a story: Once there was a boy
fishing from a wharf. when suddenly he
fell overheard. A large crowd collected
on the shore and watched his struggles,
but not one of them moved a hand to save
him. Just as it was almost over with
him a man came rushing to the front and,
boldly plunging into the water dragged the
half:drowned boy out. The crowd gath
cred about him, deeply interested. Your
son, of course?' said n of them. No.
was the blunt reply. Your brother,
then q NO. Then a very near rela-
tive; or a friend p No !; no relation;
never saw him before Then what in
heavens name made you risk your life
to save him p they all exclaimed in sur
prise. 'Why, we had been fishing to-
gether, and he had all the bait in his
Docket was the %nonchalant reply. Now
YOU have the explanation" concluded the
President. 81 have all the bait, and the
Kentucky Democrats knew it."-W Wash
ington Letter to Baltimore american.
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Aamuruns department.

THREATENED TO REsIGN.-Wife-Cy-
rus, this is a pretty time for you to be
coming in. It is half an hour past mid
night. You've been at the club again,
drinking.
Husband with impressive gravity n
maintaining his equilibrium with much
efforD-M'ria, my dear, you 90 me iDJus-
tice. I was caught on jury. Couldn't get
off till few minutes ago. came straight
home.
Wife-You are deceiving me, Cyrus.
Saw
elolipedonisemicaIly. -,
Husband (cautiously)-Certainly, M
dear.
getting reckless and letting 60 all holds)
SG'out o. my way, madam !! # / can't get
into my own house 'thout giving 'fernal
password, I'll resign as head o'this family.
Gway!
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A RREEcH.LOADING RIFLE FOR SALE.

4 SECONDHAND % calibre REMINGTON
n RIFLE, in good. order. Price S12. APP
ply at ENQUIRER FlC
May Is ~ II
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WHY SHOULD THEY NoT?-Just after
the war a negro was happiest when hunt
ing rabbits. A few years latter he was
happiest when carrying an umbrella.
Now he is happiest when he can rise in a
public assembly and say, "Mr. Presi-
dent -Sauaunub NeUS,
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A STORY OF THE WAR.-A war remin-
iscence has been printed recently, to the
effect that while the Confederate army was
retreating from Shiloh, a young soldier,
evidently fever stricken, was ordered to
work loading a train. He said he was sick.
General Bragg, who was at hand, was in
formed that the young fellow would not
work, and he in person repeated The order.
Again the soldier said he was too sick to
work, %whereupon General Bragg ordered
a Lieutenant to take six men and carry
the sick soldier to an adjacent grove and
shoot him. The squad took charge of the
victim, but just as they were marching
toward the grove General Bragg beckoned
the Lieutenant to him and whispered
something in his ear. The soldier was
placed in position, but refused to be blind
folded. He hastily wrote his mothers
name and address on a piece of paper and
handed it, together with his watch and a
ring, to the Lieutenant. Then he calmly
knelt down and said "NoW l am ready"
The six soldiers raised their guns and
aimed them at the breast of the soldier.
Then, instead of the order, Fire" the
command "Recover arms" was given.
The Lieutenant then stepped forward, and,
restoring the young fellows property, con-
graduated him on his GOODNESS and brav-
cry, and told him to hunt up his company
and join it; he was not to be shot.
Charles Garcia, whom a reporter inter-
viewed in st. Louis, the other day, is the
hero of this story, and he said it was for
the most part accurate. He was looking
for a surgeon, he said, in order to get trans
portation to Tupelo, Miss, as he was too
sick to march. General Bragg ordered
him to work, and on his refusal to work
ordered him shot. When he knelt in the
grove he closed his eyes, and when he
heard the order, "Recover arms!" he was
in a dazed condition, and wondered how
it was that he still lived. The shock,
however, completely cured his fever, and
he walked all the way to Tupelo.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

~Clover pasture is of most value for
growing hogs, though very cheap food for
q part of the ration after the fattening pro-
cess is begun. During the spring, when
most rapid growth is taking place, an acre
of green clover would furnish green food
for a dozen or more hogs being fed corn to
fatten.
s9- Steady application is what counts in
any business, especially in farming, for in
this employment a day or an hour wasted
is usually more than loss of time, for it is
opportunity gone.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

A PLEA O THE BIRDs.-Aside from
it's Incompatible song and its bright, vi
vacious ways, the hooking bird is ofgreat
value to those who W orchards or vine
yards. No bird, if we except the cat-bird,
is so great a destroyer of insects, grubs and
larvae that infest orange, pear, pecan INC
peach trees, and whoever has observed
closely will admit that no scuppernong
vine should he without its mocking-bird
to defend it from its enemies. When you
suffer the m~ocking-birds to be destroyed
you permit the doom of fruit growing to
be sealed on the Gulfcoast. Twenty years
ago the apple, peach, and pear crops of In
diana were superintendent; now they are
scarcely of any value in a general way; the
secret is the destruction of i~nsectiverous
birds. In Indiana, as on the Gulf coast,
the climate has had to bear all the blame,
while the shotgun, the net, and the snare
have been doing the work still the truth
remains that it is no colder now than it was
forty years ago, when fruit trees flourish
ed in Indiana and when the orange-trees
were loaded every year all round the Gulf
coast.-NeU Orleans Democrat.
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4 RATS REMARKABLE INSTINCT.

On a very warm day in early summer I
happened to be standing near a chicken
coop in a backyard, when I noticed the
head of a very gray and grizzled rat thrust
from a n~eighboring rat hole, and concluded
to watch the movements of the veteran.
After a careful survey Of the surroundings,
our old rodent seemed to be satisfied that
all was right, and made a cautious exit
from the home retreat. A fresh pan of
water had been recently placed before the
chicken coop, and the water looked a
friendly invitation to the thirsty old rat,
which Immediately started toward it.
The rat had not reached the pan before
five half-groWu young ones rushed ahead
and tried to be the first at the water. The
old rat thereupon Immediately made aleap
like a kangaroo, and was at the edge OF
the dish in advance of the foremost Of her
litter. Then ensued a most remarkable
occurrence. The mother raised herself on
her launches and hit and scratched her
offspring so severely, whenever they at
tempted to reach the water, that they all
finally scudded away, evidently very much
astonished and frightened at the strange
and unaccountable behavior of their moth
er. When the little ones were at a safe
distance, the reasons for her extraordinary
behavior began to be revealed at once in
the intelligent action of the old mother
rat.
She first wetted her whiskers in the wa
ter, looked suspiciously about her, then
very cautiously and carefully took a dainty
little sip of the liquid. She tasted it as at
tentively and critically as a professional
tea faster, and when she was satisfied that
it contained no poisonous or other delete
rious matter, she gave a couple of squeaks,
which quickly brought her young and
thirsty brood to her side, and all fearlessly
drank to their fill. Now, this old mother
rat was experienced, had evidently learned
her lesson in that school thoroughly, and
taught litter to taste water which might
have contained rat poison, or what not.
until she had satisfied herself that the
liquid was harmless. Does not this look
very like reason ?-American Naturalist.
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Ba~ Mineral manures are believed to have
four modes of action when applied to the
soil, concisely stated by Waring, as follows:
They furnish food for the mineral or inor-
ganic parts of plants they prepare mat
tiers always in the soil for assimilation by
roots they improve the mechanical con-
dition Of the soil, and they absorb am
mOnia.
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MAXIMs FOR EvERYBODY.-The forti-
tude of wise men is only the art OF con-
cealing their agitations in the heart.
Nature, who has so wisely arranged the
organs of our body to make US happy, gave
us the shame of knowing our imperfec-
tons.
Sincerity is the opening of the heart.
Few men have it. Ordinarily it is only a
fine discrimination to attract the confidence
of others.
We often bestow personal praises which
disclose, by a counter-stroke, faults in those
we praise that we dare not discern in any
other way.
Gravity is a mystery of the body invent
ed TO conceal the defects of the soul.
Littleness of mind makes one obstinate.
One is unwilling to believe what lies be-
yond his sight.
Self-interest, which we accuse of all our
faults, often merits the praise of all our
good acts. 49,
We are never so ridiculous for the quail
ties we have, as for those we affect to have.
1t is with certain good qualities as with
the senses-those who are entirely de-
prived of them, cannot understand them.
The great fault of penetration is not that
of going to the end, but of passing it.
Few things are necessary to make a wise
man happy. Nothing contents a fool, and
this is why most men are miserable.
/ Occasion makes US know others, and
still more-ourselves.
Every one complains of his memory, but
no one complains of his Judgment.
THE MUSCLES OF BABY EYEs.-The
two muscles-a set for each eye-act in
perfect correlation and enable the organ
in an instant of time to cover an infinite
range of vision. No fine adjustment of the
telescope, no system of lenses and prisms,
can accomplish this feat in an instant of
time. The utmost caution is therefore
imperatively demanded of every person
to whom is consigned the care of the
young child from infancy to perhaps the
third year of life. It is during this time
damage to the muscular apparatus of the
eve may be done. The mother or nurse
is eager to have baby see everything from
the nursery window or from a baby car
rage or car. How many tired heads,
languid eyes and disordered tempers re-
suit from this mistake philadelphia CdN.
nag- "Manners," says Burke, ''are of more
importance than laws. Upon them, in a
great measure, the laws depend. The law
touches US but here and there, nov and
then. Manners are what vex or soothe,
corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barba-
rize or refine US, by a constant, steady, un-
form, insensible operation, like that OF
the air we breathe in. They give their
whole form and color to our lives. Accor-
ding to their quality, they aid morals,
they supply them, or they totally destroy
Them"
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Hv- doctor" said a Philadelphia pa
tient, "I'm troubled with insomnia, and 1
want you to do something for me-"
"Do you lie awake most of the night ?"
asked the physician.
mo, Pm all right at night, but l can't
get any sleep during the day."
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Ras~ TITS an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. The flag business has had one excel
lent result, Hdrper's Weekly says: ut has
shown the extreme difficulty of reopening
the sectional issue, and has revealed the
good sense of the people and the press in
the Southern States. The attempt to show
that the order showed the secret sympathy
of the President with rebellion, and a dis
position to pander to disloyalty, or that
the incident has any significance except
a desire to confirm existing good feel
ing, has totally failed" The only person
"palsied" 5y it was Gen. Fairchild.
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THE BRAvEsT MAN OF ALL.-But the
bravest man of all, the n who has the
best and most unimpeachable right and
claim to courage, is the man who, to shield
and protect others, accepts open insult and
submits unmurmuringly to open censure,
criticism and indignity. This is harder
than heading an army, harder than wear
ing a royal crown, harder than preaching
truth and right to a generation of fools.
In all my life I have known of but one
such man, and though I never met him I
revere him as a god; and yet the world
would question my sanity if I wrote his
name where it belongs, high up in the list
of heroes.-NOrM american RerieU.
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A HAPPY THoUGHT.-A mar was look
ing at one of those stoves that, according
to the advertisement, "save half the fuel"
He bought one, paid for it, gave his adj
dress and left the shop.
In a few minutes he was back again.
II say, you mightas we'll make it two
then / shall save the whole business"
IT'S THE CLIMATE.-Were our pen a
quill from the pinion of the loftiest seraph
that basks in cleaning glory and dipped
in the refulgent radiance of the rainbow's
fountain, we could not describe how su-
premely happy n of our young men
looks when in the ethereal presence of his
adored one.-Orford (FNa.) Orange Legf.
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THOROUGHLY fitted up with new back
grounds, accessories, &C., and with a fine
sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in
any style of the art, as well executed as can be
done elsewhere.
CHILDREN'S PICTURES SPECIALITY.
BY the dry plate process I can take them in
stantly makes no difference about fair or
cloudy weather.
lido all my own printing and finishing, and
there is very little delay in delivery.
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CURE O A FELON.-A cure for a felon
is said to be a poultice made of equal parts
of spirits of t%urpentine, salt and common
bar soap, applied as soon as the felon be-
comes apparent. Renew the poultice once
in twelve hours. Remove it occasionally
and hold the finger in lye as hot as can be
borne.-Bost0n Budqet.
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w- A jealous man with a pistol created
a panic at a New Jersey colored ball. The
floor managers should have waltzed him
out and schOttische head off.-NorristoWn
Herald. Pretty rough to polka joke at a
thing like that.-Bmghampton Republican.
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@ Wife, think, mydear, that we had
better name the baby "Bill." Husband
"Bill ?" What do you want him named
that for? Wife-So that he will be called
William when he grows up.
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l6- Smith-The worst thing about this
business is that I have to work on Sun
days.
Jones-Well I never minded workingon
Sunday. 1t is the other six days that both
erS me.
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ENLARGED WORK.,

Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in
the highest style to be had, and prices reason
able.
Give me a call and see specimens of work, at
my Gallery on West Liberty Street, near the
Jail. J. r. SCHORB.
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!. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD

A9MDM
GCHEDULB of Mail and Passenger Trains
y from J.enoir, N. c., to Chester, S. c., taking
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sS. Stiggins was passing a watch-maker's
establishment, and looking in the window
he noticeda very pretty girl at the counter:
CLAP he ~soliloquized, cpl 60 in and
take a look at her, under some pretext or
other.s
He entered, and was waited on by the
young lady's father.
"Wha IAN I do for you?"
~ want to get a key for my watch" he
stammered, f~easting his eyes on the young
lady.
"Let me see your WATCH" said the
matchmaker.
Asif in a dream, he took out his watch.
The matchmaker examined it, and said
with surprise: -.
"Why, your watch il a stem-winder."
He don't remember how he got out, but
he does remember that the young lady
snorted audibly.
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A GOOD DEAcoN's EARNEST COMES
sIoN.-An old deacon was asked the other
day: "How do you like your new pas
torw "First rate" he replied, ''e~xceptin
one thing" whats that?" 1T is this"
continued the deacon, 'the Lord v
made him to tell jokes, and vet he insists
on telling them. l never like to laugh,
and yet I have to do it constantly, just to
save the pastors feelings"
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B9- "Boy," called a patrolman on An
tome street, as he hurried into the alley,
to find q lad coming out of a back gate,
"did you hear that report of q gum"
"You bet J" was the reply.
"Where was it ?"
"In our back yard"
"Who fired it,"
ST did, and don't keep me here any lon
ger. Dad was in the woodshed when 1
fired alta cat, and from the way he is cuss.
ing and thrashing around I guess I missed
the cat. by about six feet!"-DetroH Free
Press.
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.ws whats the matter with that man ?"
"He tainted"
"Yes, I can see that myself, but what
caused it? Bad news of some kind ?"
"Well, I can't just say. He got news
that his wife had eloped, but whether the
shock was of grief or joy, / don't know.
Just wait until he recovers and We'll find
Out.n
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@ First Omaha Man-This practical
jokin' may be all right, but there amt no
punishment bad enough for a man who
goes to joking in church.
Second Omaha Mani should say not.
Do YOU know q case of that kind?
Yes, and we've called a session of the
elders to kick the Teller out Of the congre-
CATION. Last Sunday he sneaked up the
step ladder and turned the clock back dur
ing an experience meeting. -.
Oh well, that didn't do much harm, did
it?
Harm! Great st. John ! It kept us sing
in and prayin' and confessin' our sins for
FIVE hours before the inhuman rascal was
caught.